S5 Ep383: Unpopular Opinions & Life Lessons from Con Artists

Kathleen is reminding us all that just because we have different opinions doesn’t mean we can’t still be parasocial friends! Kathleen and Bethany go through some of their unpopular opinions and then brace for feedback. Then, just because con artists do bad things doesn’t mean we can’t learn some lessons from them. Bethany runs down her list of some crazy inventive con artists and lessons we can cull from their bold choices! (Listen until the end for Bethany’s favorite con artist of all time. It’s insane people believed he was their CHILD!) Plus, what’s Kathleen’s new scheme on how to get verified?


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What We Talked About:


0:18 - Topic Introductions, Studio McGee, Viking Baby Names, Kelly Clarkson


12:50 - Unpopular Opinions


35:57 - Lessons we can learn from con artists. 


1:00:09 - Kathleen is bitter about Instagram and Guinness Book of World Records that have been set recently.


1:08:54 - What we learned this week.




Nisipisa, “Window Shopping” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CTqbzjfF9w 


@arithisandthat — https://twitter.com/arithisandthat/status/1495122391676203009



Here’s Why I’ll Be Keeping My Shoes on in Your Shoeless Home - https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-why-ill-be-keeping-my-shoes-on-in-your-shoeless-home-11644503227



Viking Baby Names: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/my-brother-hates-baby-name-26289205 


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BETHANY’S SOURCES:
https://moneyinc.com/the-20-most-notorious-con-artists-of-all-time/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/the-imposter-frederic-bourdin-fooled-family-946178
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chaloner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCloundy
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/buy_sell_the_brooklyn_bridge/